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Denunciation of a Woman Participant in the Uprising of May 1795 May 29, 1795
Once the uprising of May 1795 had been suppressed, the government set up a military tribunal, which gathered denunciations of presumed rioters. This one gives a good sense of the charges made and the kind of language used ("infernal sect of Jacobin…
Disarmament of Paris sections by the army. May 23, 1795
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Women’s Activities during the Prairial Uprising May 20, 1795
Popular radical activity continued throughout the period of the Terror (see Chapter 7) and did not end with 9 Thermidor. On 1–4 Prairial, Year III (20–23 May 1795), a large group composed largely of women surrounded the Convention Hall and massacred…
Treaty of The Hague, peace with the Netherlands and Prussia. May 16, 1795
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Military Suppression of Prairial May 1795
The Prairial insurrection of Year III (May 1795) would prove to be among the last major episodes of popular activism during the Revolution, due in part to the Convention’s forceful use of National Guard units, leading to the arrest of many activists…
The so–called White Terror had been developing throughout April, since the first decree on April 10 calling for the disarming of all "terrorists," or supporters of Robespierre. In Lyons, many Jacobin prisoners are massacred. Many murders of former terrorists by royalists continue through June. April 24, 1795
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General Pichegru suppresses the Germinal uprising. April 2, 1795
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Culture: Weights and Measures April 1795
Among its many lasting contributions to French and western history, the French Revolution initiated the metric system as a more rational and universally applicable way of conveying weights and measures than the various systems in place across France…